Belt holder for spectacles



Sept. 15, 1964 A. R. HILSINGER, JR

BELT HOLDER FOR SPECTACLES Filed Sept. 20, 1961 F l G. 6

INVENTOR.

ARTHUR R. HILSINGER, JR.

ATTORNEYS United States Patent 3,148,812 BELT HOLDER FOR SPECTACLES Arthur R. Hilsinger, Jr., Medfield, Mass, assignor to The Hilsinger Corporation, a corporation of Massachusetts Filed Sept. 20, 1961, Ser. No. 139,541 3 Claims. (Cl. 224-) This invention relates to a belt holder for spectacles.

When spectacles, sun glasses or the like are not being worn, it is desired that they be carried on the person. In some cases people carry spectacles in the pocket from which they may accidentally fall out when the person bends over, while in other cases spectacles are equipped with clips or cases in which they are carried are equipped with clips for attaching the spectacles or the case to the pocket or to some other part of the clothing of the wearer.

One of the objects of this invention is to provide for mounting the spectacles on the belt of the wearer without the use of a case in which the spectacles are housed.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device which may mount the spectacles in severalditferent positions so that the user may carry the spectacles in a manner most convenient for his particular requirements.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder for spectacles which will be extremely simple in construction and one which may be easily and quickly assembled with a minimum amount of labor and, therefore, at small cost.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder which may be made of leather or some nonmetallic material with little or no metallic parts involved.

Another object of the invention is to provide a holder which will be flexible and will flex to conform to different positions of the wearer.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certain novel features of construction as will be more fully described and particularly pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings:

FIGURE 1 is a perspective view illustrating the holder as attached to the belt and as holding the spectacles in one position;

FIGURE 2 is a View similar to FIGURE 1 but showing a different position of the holder and a different position of the spectacles;

FIGURE 3 is a perspective view of the holder on a larger scale separated from the person and with the spectacles removed but showing the holder in the position that it is worn in FIGURE 1;

FIGURE 4 is a perspective view similar to FIGURE 3 but showing the holder in the position that it is being worn in FIGURE 2;

FIGURE 5 is a perspective view of the holder reversed from top to bottom from that shown in FIGURE 4 and illustrating a still further form of use of the holder for mounting the spectacles therein;

FIGURE 6 is a sectional view substantially through the longitudinal center of FIGURE 3; and

FIGURE 7 is a plan View of one part of the holder before being folded into the positions heretofore described.

In proceeding with this invention, I have cut to a desired shape a piece of material such as leather and then folded it so as to provide a main body section and two end sections. The end sections are folded over the same face of the body section and in overlapping relation. A second body section is secured along the other face of the main body section with its ends open so as to receive the temple of the spectacle. By this arrangement two loops are provided, either of which may be used to thread a belt through and one of which may be used to wrap around the nasal portion of a spectacle to hold it securely in position. A snap fastener holds the parts in releasable engagement, and the sewing of the second body section is facilitated by the shaping of one of the end sections so that the stitching may be easily accomplished, this second body portion also desirably hiding one end of the snap fastener.

With reference to the drawings, 10 designates generally a strip of material which I have found convenient to form of leather, although any suitable material may be utilized. The strip is shaped as shown in FIGURE 7 and consists essentially of three sections. The main body section is designated 11 and extends from the dotted line 12 to the dotted line 13 as shown in FIGURE 7. These dotted lines represent the fold lines of the strip. A first end section 14 extends beyond the fold line 12 of the main body section and is narrower than the portion 15 of the main body section from which it extends, leaving shoulders 16, on either side as will be seen in FIGURE 7. This end,

section is folded along the fold line 12 as shown in FIG- URE 6. The stud 17 of one part of a snap fastener passes through an opening 18 in the main body section 11 and an opening 19 in the end section 14 and is there riveted in place so as to hold the first end section 14 over the face 20 of the portion 15 of the main body section.

The lower portion of the main body section 21 is flared outwardly slightly as at 22 to the fold line 13, and beyond this fold line'the second end section 23 extends and is also correspondingly tapered decreasing along the line 24 as seen in FIGURE 7 so that when this end section 23 is folded along the line 13, the two tapered portions will register. An opening25 is located in the second end portion 23 and receives a socket part 26 of a snap fastener to detachably engage with the stud part 17 so as to releasably hold this second end section 23 over the surface 21 of the main body section and also in overlapping relation to the end of the first end section 14 as may be clearly seen in FIGURE 6.

After the separable snap fasteners are positioned as above described, a second body section 27 is secured along the portion 15 of the main body section on the side of the main body section which is opposite the face 29 covered by the end sections heretofore described. This second body section is secured by stitchings 28 extending lengthwise of the main body section and of the second body section and along the marginal portions of the portion 15 which extend beyond the overlapping end section 14. Thus this narrow first end section has the functional advantage by its being narrower of providing a space for access to the stitching so that this may be readily accomplished. At the same time the securing of this second body section in position covers the non-ornamental end of the riveted stud fastener 17 so as'to hide it from View, which usually is not intended to be exposed, and thus a non-exposure of this portion is accomplished in this case. By stitching in this manner a pocket is provided with two opposite ends 29 and 30 open so that a temple of a spectacle may be passed down through this pocket in either direction.

The construction above referred to may be utilized in various ways by attachment to a belt 31 about the per son. FIGURE 3 illustrates the belt 31 as being thr'eaded through the space 32 between the section 14 and the portion 15 of the main body section, the loop being of a sufficient extent to accommodate the width of the belt therethrough. Spectacles 33 are then mounted in the space 34 between the second end section 23 and the portion 21 of the main body section, there being sufficient space to receive the nasal portion of the spectaclesbut insufficient space to permit either of the eye portions of the frames to pass therethrough. Thus the spectacles are bound in a' position parallel to the belt 31 as may be seen in FIGURE 1.

In the event that it is desired to provide a different mounting for spectacles on the belt, the holder may be mounted as shown in FIGURE 4. In this case the belt 31 is passed between the portion 21 of the main body section and the second end section 23, or this second end section 23 may be passed about the belt and secured in place by the snap fastener 17, 26. This mounting of the holder exposes onthe outer face the second body section 27 as shown in FIGURE 4 with its location in the lower part of the holder and permits of a mounting of the spectacles 33 by passing of the temple 35 into the open end of the pocket 29 and through the pocket and out the open end 30 so that the hinge of the temple to the frame will rest upon the edge 36 of the pocket and the spectacles will hang in place as shown in FIGURE 2.

In some cases it may be desirable to still differently mount the spectacles having them higher with relation to the belt, and in this event the belt 31 may be passed through the space 32 with the holder turned front to back as shown in FIGURE 3 and thus in the position shown in FIGURE 5, positioning the second body section outermost as shown in FIGURE 5. In this case the spectacles will be similarly passed through the pocket formed by the second body section. In this case the spectacle temple will enter from the opening 30 adjacent the fold line 12 and pass downwardly and out the opening 29 to ex tend along the portion 21 of the main body section, this being a third alternate form of the use for the holder mounting the spectacles in position. This position also affords an opportunity to additionally mount a second pair of spectacles in the space 34 on the other side of the main body.

From the above it will be apparent that by suitably blanking out a strip of leather and the use of a snap fastener, I may fold this piece of leather into a shape which by the addition of a second body section stitched thereto, I provide for a multitudinous use of the holder for holding spectacles in a variety of difierent positions.

I claim:

1. A belt holder for spectacles comprising a strip of material providing a main body section and first and second end sections with the end sections folded over the same surface of the body section, means located midway of the length of the body section to secure the first end section permanently to the body section and means to detachably secure the end portion of the second end section to the first end section in overlapping relation therewith and a second body section extending lengthwise of the main body section along the surface thereof opposite the surface over which the end sections extend and secured thereto along its lengthwise extending edges while leaving its ends open for the reception of a spectacle temple therethrough, said first end section being of narrower width than the main body section over which it extends to make available an area for stitching the second body section to the first body section.

2. A belt holder for spectacles as in claim 1 wherein the first end section is secured to the main body section by one part of a snap fastener passing therethrough and the second body section covers the portion of the snap fastener extending through the main body section.

3. A belt holder forspectacles as in claim 1 wherein the first end section is secured to the main body section by one part of a snap fastener passing therethrough and the second body section covers the portion of the snap fastener extending through the main body section and the second end section carries at its end portion the other part of a snap fastener to detachably connect to the other snap fastener part.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 842,038 Wallerstedt J an. 22, 1907 1,600,193 Michaud Sept. 14, 1926 2,400,626 Brcde May 21, 1946 2,656,912 Stegeman Oct. 27, 1953 

1. A BELT HOLDER FOR SPECTACLES COMPRISING A STRIP OF MATERIAL PROVIDING A MAIN BODY SECTION AND FIRST AND SECOND END SECTIONS WITH THE END SECTIONS FOLDED OVER THE SAME SURFACE OF THE BODY SECTION, MEANS LOCATED MIDWAY OF THE LENGTH OF THE BODY SECTION TO SECURE THE FIRST END SECTION PERMANENTLY TO THE BODY SECTION AND MEANS TO DETACHABLY SECURE THE END PORTION OF THE SECOND END SECTION TO THE FIRST END SECTION IN OVERLAPPING RELATION THEREWITH AND A SECOND BODY SECTION EXTENDING LENGTHWISE OF THE MAIN BODY SECTION ALONG THE SURFACE THEREOF OPPOSITE THE SURFACE OVER WHICH THE END SECTIONS EXTEND AND SECURED THERETO ALONG ITS LENGTHWISE EXTENDING EDGES WHILE LEAVING ITS ENDS OPEN FOR THE RECEPTION OF A SPECTACLE TEMPLE THERETHROUGH, SAID FIRST END SECTION BEING OF NARROWER WIDTH THAN THE MAIN BODY SECTION OVER WHICH IT EXTENDS TO MAKE AVAILABLE AN AREA FOR STITCHING THE SECOND BODY SECTION TO THE FIRST BODY SECTION. 